La tentative de record vient de commencer dans le parc allemand de Geiselwind. Deux frères se sont lancés pour 60 jours de Free-Fall.
Im freien Fall ins Guinness-Buch
Freier Fall
Die Brüder Stefan (l) und Matthias Dirschedl sitzen im Freizeit-Land Geiselwind in dem Fahrgeschäft «T-Rex- Tower».
Geiselwind - Im freien Fall ins Guinness-Buch der Rekorde: Zwei junge Männer haben am Mittwoch einen 60-tägigen Aufenthalt im Freifall-Turm eines Freizeitparks im unterfränkischen Geiselwind begonnen.
Die Brüder aus dem bayerischen Kreis Amberg wollen unter notarieller Aufsicht täglich mindestens acht Stunden in dem «T-Rex- Tower» ausharren. Dabei werden sie etwa alle fünf Minuten mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 15 Metern pro Sekunde auf 56 Meter Höhe katapultiert, um wieder in die Tiefe zu stürzen. Die 32 und 22 Jahre alten Männer streben einen Eintrag ins Guinness-Buch der Rekorde an. Gestartet wird bei jedem Wetter, außer bei Gewitter oder Sturm.
Source : dpa
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Kennywood expansion would double size of amusement park Kennywood Park plans to almost double the size of the historic amusement park using nearby parcels it is buying, but most of the plans are contingent on the completion of a planned $2.5 billion toll road nearby. |
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The study suggests Kennywood and two other properties owned by the company, Sandcastle Water Park in nearby West Homestead, and Idlewild Park in Ligonier, can become regional entertainment destinations if the Mon-Fayette Expressway is completed, said park spokeswoman Mary Lou Rosemeyer.
The toll road is slated to run through much of the Monongahela River Valley where the park is now next to a much smaller state highway, Route 837.
If all goes well, construction on the park's expansion could start by 2010.
The company's plans would nearly double the size of the 40-acre park, which began business in 1898 as a trolley park and evolved into the Pittsburgh-area's leading amusement park.
Among other things, the park plans to acquire 23 acres of nearby brownfields and it has slowly purchased some nearby residential parcels over the past decade. Last month, the park bought a shopping center next to its parking lots across the highway.
Officials didn't immediately say what kinds or how many new attractions might be built as part of the expansion. |
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